Mexicali group challenges plans for All-American Canal

“Mexico and the United States are in the middle of an international dispute over the 82-mile (132 kilometer) All-American Canal as a group of citizens in Mexicali, Mexico, is fighting to stop a 23-mile (37 kilometer) stretch of it from being lined with concrete. The Imperial Irrigation District (IID), the entity that provides water and energy to the Imperial Valley in California, have decided to line the All-American Canal as part of a water conservation project that would increase San Diego County’s water supply but decrease the supply to Mexicali farmers… he fight against the lining of the All-American was started by the business community of Mexicali, a border city in Baja California, Mexico. Entrepreneurs, lawyers and people involved with economic development started the litigation against the United States without any monetary or legislative support from the Mexican federal government.”